Hollywood in Crisis: Cinema and American Society 1929-1939

by Colin Shindler, Schindler Colin, Colin Shindler

Book Overview

Hollywood in Crisis is a detailed study of the workings of the American film industry during the 1930s. Colin Schindler, looking at Hollywood as an agent of Roosevelt's New Deal and the attempts made by film moguls and movie makers to withstand the political turmoil that threatened to engulf America. Schindler illustrates how the studios and their products, from the glamour of MGM stars and escapist musicals to gangster movies and Westerns, even to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415103142
• ISBN13: 9780415103145
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"